US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man
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Book Overview
From the New York Times bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy "A fearless, clear eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print."-- Entertainment Weekly Charlie LeDuff has made a career out of his extraordinary ability to capture the spirit of the people and places he profiles. US Guys is his odyssey in search of the truth behind the American man, from a jaded homicide detective in Detroit to a two-bit jockey at a racetrack in Miami to a pair of lovers at a gay rodeo. With audacity, humor, and no small amount of physical pain, he captures a broad diversity of voices as they wrestle with an America they love but increasingly fail to understand.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0143113062
ISBN13:9780143113065
Release Date:March 2008
Publisher:Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.57 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
fun book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This, for me, is a page-turner and i recommend it to any American MAN. it's laugh-out-loud funny, shocking, and utterly depressing all at the same time...
brillant (of course)
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I caught Charlie's interview on the "Colbert Report" and just had to go out and buy his book. As it turns out, I knew Charlie from Ann Arbor, and he's at least as brilliant now as he was then. Bravo.
Versatile
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Whether blue collar, white collar; whether a pragmatist or philosopher, this book will give you something to talk about. No matter what type of crowd I'm around, a beer hockey league or a wine and cheese party, I can bring up this book as a conversation piece. That rarely, if ever, happens with a book. Worth the read.
grin and grimace
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
LeDuff is a brilliant writer. He takes his film crew to the dark underside of the American Male Experience. It's not pretty but his observations are by turns shocking, astonishing, revolting, inspiring, stupefying, and often, very amusing. (*note-sense of humor on part of reader is most helpful.) He exposes the empty hype of the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. He dons the gonzo biker persona to rumble with the Rats. He annoys a former junkie turned evangelist. He gets pounded into the ground as a rodeo bull rider, arena football player, and circus clown cum trapeze artist. All along the dangerous road he maintains his tough guy pose except when he's weeping. LeDuff has all the tools. This book will blow your mind.
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